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Hi all... I just completed a hatch from eggs sent via mail that were sold as "barnyard mix". I was curious if anyone can identify the breed of these little ones, and while I know it's probably impossible, if anyone can tell the gender. Side Note - they're about 4 days old if it helps. Thanks

I have a low-key, homemade styrofoam 'bator that I've used successfully in the past. I use the rubbery shelf lining material for the flooring. The eggs are currently in lockdown (Day 19). I had a tough time getting the humidity up, and once I finally reached the target humidity, I noticed that...

I'm in the U.S. northeast (temperature has been about 30s and 40s). Yesterday, I went to a local farm to pick up some fertile eggs, and candled them when I got home. Everything looked fine, but since they were cold to the touch, I waited a day and kept the eggs in room temperature before setting...

Hi, wondering if anyone can shed some light... Newly hatched chick has something attached to it's leg which it's dragging around...it was originally stuck to the shell. I'm afraid to pull it off in case it causes bleeding. Any thoughts on what this is, and what, if anything I should do?

So I just hatched a few chicks for the first time. Knowing that I wouldn't have the time to care for the chicks after hatch, I made sure they would have homes before I even incubated. A few friends had interest and now there's even a wait list... Not as many hatched as I would like, so I was...

Kind of a 2 part question: Day 21 here...or 22 if you count the day you set the eggs as Day 0... Out of 6 viable eggs, 2 were hatched this morning. The other 3 show no signs of pipping. I know some people say wait until Day 25 or even more for eggs to hatch..but if they were all set the same...

I started lockdown today, where it took me a while to get the humidity levels up to where I wanted it to be. For some reason, now that the humidity is in the 65%-75% range, I can NOT keep the temperature steady at where I've had it the previous 17/18 days. It keeps dropping 2-3 degrees below...

This may be a dumb question, so I apologize if it is... Most of my eggs have a tilted air sac, so it dominates one bottom side of the egg more than the other (except for one which perfectly goes around). When setting the eggs for the final time before lockdown, should the air sac be on top, or...

Hi - So I just did my final candling (Day 18), and all looks well except for one questionable egg. While it doesn't look like a super obvious quitter (no blood ring, etc) I have a feeling that is is. The air cell didn't advance all that much from Day 14. On the other hand, the shadow did grow...

As I was candling, I saw what I thought to be a hairline fracture on 2 eggs (only noticed it through candling). I might of been able to get away with leaving it since there was no visible crack to the naked eye and I couldn't even feel it, but to be safe, I applied some candle wax. However...